I just love my food blog buddies because just when I think I'm all out of ideas for dinner, I am inspired all over again with their talents. I first spotted this delicious Chicken Diablo on Pinterest from Leslie Green who is The Hungry Housewife. She has an entire board just on
Chicken! She pinned this recipe from Maggie of
A Bitchin' Kitchen who adapted the recipe from
Bev Cooks who found the recipe on
Recipe Finder.
All that to prove to you, this recipe is GOOD! It's been passed all around the internet and wound up on pinterest because it's easy to make and is full of flavor.
The ingredient list is simple. The most important ingredient is Frank's Hot Sauce...I mean, who doesn't love Frank's Hot Sauce? It's key in my
Spicy Garlic Chicken Wings recipe.
Also gather ketchup, honey, sour cream, ground cumin and sweet paprika.
Start with one cup of sour cream.
Add 1/2 cup of ketchup.
Add 1/4 cup honey.
Add a teaspoon each of sweet paprika and ground cumin.
Add 1/2 cup Frank's Hot Sauce.
Mix everything together and you have your Diablo Sauce! As you can see, this makes nearly two cups of sauce which would be enough for eight portions. Just cut down the measurements to suite your family. With the remaining sauce, I will probably make chicken wings - or more Chicken Diablo later this week.
Put your boneless skinless chicken in a zip top bag and add enough of the Diablo Sauce to coat the chicken.
I put the bag in a bowl (just in case the bag leaks) and into the fridge to marinade for 1-2 hours.
When you are ready to saute the chicken, chop up two garlic cloves.
Heat 2 Tablespoons of Canola Oil over medium heat, and once the oil shimmers, add the chopped garlic for 30 seconds. Remove the garlic with a slotted spoon so it doesn't burn up, we just use this to flavor the oil before we add the chicken. Remove chicken from marinade, and place in the skillet (discard extra marinade.) Cook until browned and cooked through.
While the chicken is cooking, heat the remaining sauce in a small saucepan on low, until warmed.
I served the chicken with quinoa, but the other bloggers served with white rice. Jim's eyes got so big after his first bite. I waited in anticipation for him to speak. He looooved this recipe and told me it was blog worthy!
I know it doesn't look like much, it certainly took me no time at all to whip up, but the spicy and tangy sauce gives boring chicken an exciting face lift. If making this for kiddos I would suggest altering the amount of Frank's Hot Sauce that you use. I didn't find 1/2 cup too hot. It wasn't so spicy that we were constantly drinking water to put out the flame.
This is one to add to your Pinterest board! Why? Because the next time you need to come up with dinner in a flash, you want to be reminded of this easy and flavorful chicken dish.
